Mary Keeganon September 22, 2021 at 4:15 pm
I am a retired kindergarten teacher, and I made butter with my students almost every year. The children always got a kick out of doing something that their teacher did in kindergarten ????.
I used plastic jars most of the time, because I was fearful that someone would drop and break the glass. Each group of students had a jar, and they took turns “shaking to the music”. I played lively music as they shook, and each child got a chance to shake ( I had maybe 5 groups of children with 4-5 children in each). Sometimes they would sit on the mats and roll it between them.
We would enjoy the butter spread on saltines. Sometimes I would get some small plastic containers and send a bit of butter home for the children to share with their families.
Little House stories were always a great hit in my classroom, and enjoyed by boys and girls alike. They really enjoyed the primary version, and I would occasionally read a chapter a day from the junior chapter books.
I am so glad i found this website!Reply
Peggy Knechton September 28, 2021 at 12:48 pm
Can this be done with Sea salt?
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Aimeeon April 19, 2022 at 8:09 pm
I don’t see why not, but, only AFTER the butter has been formed.
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Lucason February 5, 2021 at 5:32 am
This is really helpful.
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Savannah Woodon January 14, 2021 at 9:12 am
Yo i made this
and it was a like a smoothie tecture, so I kept on shaking it
and it turned to Liquid again?See AlsoHow to Cream Butter and SugarHow Is Butter Made?Here's Every Single Thing You Need to Know About ButterTHE DISTINCT QUALITIES OF RAW BUTTER — RAW FARM usaReply
Alennaon February 26, 2021 at 11:25 am
Yes. First you will get an unsweetened whipped cream, and it will be really hard to shake. But a few more minutes (and lots of shakes) after that, it will start to separate into butter and buttermilk.
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Juliaon November 18, 2020 at 12:33 pm
Any idea how I could do this with/for my son in a non-dairy version? He has a dairy allergy.
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jakebon September 3, 2020 at 4:56 pm
this was very helpful.
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Ellen L Hoskinsonon May 28, 2020 at 3:18 pm
How much salt is required ?
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Dawnon January 30, 2020 at 10:37 am
Could you use a hand mixer also. Looking forward to trying this either way. ☺
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See AlsoWhat is butter? : ButterSaidi Rouletteon February 14, 2020 at 12:29 pm
I say yes…although I haven’t tried. My butter churn is essentially a hand mixer (powered by hand, not electric) in a Mason jar. 10 minutes I have butter. The buttermilk is a perfect byproduct that can be used for buttermilk biscuits.
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Crystal Hohmanon January 30, 2020 at 10:21 am
Can you make this recipe in a blender, or using a hand mixer?
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Billon May 27, 2020 at 2:00 pm
Yes you can, it’s much quicker and easier. I’ve done it several times, just make sure you you put your blender on high speed. Check every 3minutes of blending to ensure all cream is blending. Be sure to rinse the with cold water and squeeze the butter a little to remove excess buttermilk.
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Karenon January 30, 2020 at 10:10 am
We make butter in a ball jar using a small, washed, clean stone for resistance instead of a marble now. The marble, being made of
glass, can chip when being shaken up in the glass jar.
We found it pretty quick to make the butter with no resistance but noticed it did go even quicker with the stone.Reply
judy morganon March 15, 2021 at 9:56 am
What is a stone?
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cinnaon May 16, 2021 at 7:19 am
a stone is a small rock used in place of a marble. it is not needed to make this butter; it just speeds up the process
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Linda A. Joneson January 28, 2020 at 6:31 pm
I have used this method several times around the Holidays , then put it in molds. It was lots of fun, looks nice on a family table.
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Jeanell Smithon April 23, 2018 at 12:28 pm
Quick question…
How much butter and buttermilk is made by one recipe, please? We are trying to plan an event for a few hundred children.
Thank you!Reply
Brenda Lucianon August 15, 2017 at 3:16 pm
I just made some butter today in my stand mixer-didn’t get too much because I only had a pint of cream in the fridge.Usually I buy at least 2 quarts of cream if I’m going to make it.I’m also making some homemade bread to have it with.
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lesaon March 20, 2017 at 8:37 pm
I overmixed whipping cream a time or 2 and turned out fine. was a little on the sweet side- no sugar added. I will try salt next time
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